Today I found out that Carl Sagan thought clouds, under the right circumstances, could become living things. With intelligence. With intelligence. Holy shit. NPR says respected astrobiologist David Grinspoon is considering the possibility as well.

Apparently the clouds on Venus and Jupiter hold the most potential for this sort of thing—this thing I’m not altogether sure is in the best taste, or in our best interest—but I’m finding it difficult to explain how profoundly it affects my feelings about air travel here on Earth. We should clearly either be asking permission or taking trains. Planes should broadcast Arecibo messages non-stop.

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